Flat copper coins, presumed Cherven mint, fourth type
Ivan Alexander1331-1371




- Metal
- Copper
- Mint
- Cherven
- Diameter
- 19; 17 mm
- Weight
- 1.3; 0.9 g
- Rarity
- R6 — between 200 and 600 known
Obverse
Large equal-armed cross with expanded ends, with symmetrical decoration at the bottom in the form of acanthus leaves. Above the transverse arm are the initials IC - ХС. The image resembles 1.13.15-18.
Reverse
Tsar Ivan Alexander, standing, full-length, with stemma with pendilia. He is dressed in divitision and maniakion. A loros is draped across his chest and left arm. In His right hand He holds a sceptre with a cross, with a short handle, and His left hand is on the waist holding a sword(?). Without inscriptions.
Also struck by Ivan Alexander
Silver groshes, Tarnovo mint, first type
Lightly scyphate copper coin, Tarnovo mint, first type
Lightly scyphate copper coin, Tarnovo mint, second type
Copper coins with scyphate form, Tarnovo mint, third type
Flat copper coin, Tarnovo mint, first pattern elite die
Lightly scyphate copper coin, Tarnovo mint, fourth type
Copper coins with flat form, Tarnovo mint, fifth type
Copper coins with flat form, Tarnovo mint, sixth type
Copper coins with lightly scyphate form, Tarnovo mint, seventh type
Flat copper coins, presumed Shumen - Preslav mint
Flat copper coins, presumed Cherven mint, first type
Flat copper coins, presumed Cherven mint, second type
Flat copper coins, presumed Cherven mint, third type
Flat copper coins, presumed Cherven mint, fifth type
Flat copper coins, presumed Cherven mint, sixth type
Copper scyphate coins, presumed Cherven mint, seventh type
Copper scyphate coins, presumed Cherven mint, eighth type
Copper slightly scyphate coins, presumed Cherven mint, ninth type
Copper slightly scyphate coins, unlocalised mint
Anonymous flat copper coins, Tarnovo mint, first type
Anonymous flat copper coins, Tarnovo mint, second type
Coin photographs and reconstruction drawings from A. Radushev & G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX–XV c. (Agató, 1999).